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DESCRIPTION:27 IEEE members from Italy and Switzerland\, 4 guests from Fond
 azione Alessandro Volta\nThe event is celebrating the 10th anniversary of 
 IEEE Day\, the 20th anniversary of the Volta's battery IEEE Milestone and 
 the 60th anniversary of the Italy Section\n\nAgenda: \nEarly 2019 the Ital
 y and Switzerland IEEE Sections decided to start a closer cooperation by o
 rganizing joint meetings and events. The first one was the celebration of 
 the 10th birthday of IEEE Day\, 20th anniversary of Volta's battery IEEE M
 ilestone (dedicated Sept.15\,1999 in Como\,Italy) and 60th anniversary of 
 the Italy Section (started in May 1959 in Rome by Mario Tchou\, the Chief 
 Scientist of the Computer Division of Olivetti SpA\, Ivrea)\n\nThe venue f
 or the event was set in the idyllic site of Fondazione Alessandro Volta\, 
 Villa del Grumello\, on the shores of beautiful Lake Como.In July 2019 on 
 this site a videoclip featuring Alessandro Volta waking up in the era of s
 martphones and rechargeable lithium batteries was produced by the Switzerl
 and Section and won the third prize of the IEEE Milestone Showcase Contest
  organized by IEEE Day.\n\nOn Tuesday October 1\, 2019\, 11:30 am the join
 t celebration started by beautiful weather in the salons of 18th century V
 illa del Grumello\, with a welcome speech by Prof.Giulio Casati\, Fondazio
 ne Volta and Università dell'Insubria.This was followed by a joint meetin
 g of Italy and Switzerland LMAG members\, led by LMAG's Chairs Prof. Anton
 io Savini of Università di Pavia and by Hugo Wyss\, where the attending L
 Ms presented themselves. At 1 pm a short standing lunch was served to the 
 attendees\, who could stroll outside in the Villa's garden overlooking the
  lake.\nAt 2pm the meetings resumed\, led by Section's Chairs Prof. Bernar
 do Tellini and Dr.Maria-Alexandra Paun\, with a first session dedicated to
  the presentation of 2 innovative projects involving use of batteries\, an
 d a second session dedicated to presentation of activities of Student Bran
 ches in the two Sections and ways of achieving cross border cooperation in
  the Italian speaking region of Switzerland\, where the University USI and
  the University of Applied Sciences SUPSI are located.Finally a general di
 scussion closed the meeting\, followed by a group picture and a farewell c
 ocktail served in the gardens of the Villa at 5:30pm.\n\nTotal attendance 
 was 27 IEEE members and 4 guests from Fondazione Alessandro Volta. A more 
 complete report with pictures and video recordings\, including the prize w
 inning videoclip will be published on the Sections websites\, courtesy of 
 Marco Giardina\, PR activities Switzerland.\n\nA follow-up joint meeting i
 s planned to be held on March 31\,2020 in Lugano at the Swiss Scientific C
 omputing Center.\n\nComo\, Lombardia\, Italy
LOCATION:Como\, Lombardia\, Italy
ORGANIZER:hugo.wyss@net2000.ch
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:2. Joint Italy/Switzerland IEEE Day\, 11.30-6pm\, Oct.1\, 2019\, Vi
 lla del Grumello\, Como\, Italy
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/221220
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>27 IEEE members from Italy and Switzerland
 \, 4 guests from Fondazione Alessandro Volta<br /> &nbsp\; &nbsp\; The eve
 nt is celebrating the 10th anniversary of IEEE Day\, the 20th anniversary 
 of the Volta's battery IEEE Milestone and the 60th anniversary of the Ital
 y Section</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>Early 2019 the Italy and Switzer
 land IEEE Sections decided to start a closer cooperation by organizing joi
 nt meetings and events. The first one was the celebration of the 10th birt
 hday of IEEE Day\, 20th anniversary of Volta's battery IEEE Milestone (ded
 icated Sept.15\,1999 in Como\,Italy) and 60th anniversary of the Italy Sec
 tion (started in May 1959 in Rome by Mario Tchou\, the Chief Scientist of 
 the Computer Division of Olivetti SpA\, Ivrea)</p>\n<p>The venue for the e
 vent was set in the idyllic site of Fondazione Alessandro Volta\, Villa de
 l Grumello\, on the shores of beautiful Lake Como.In July 2019 on this sit
 e a videoclip featuring Alessandro Volta waking up in the era of smartphon
 es and rechargeable lithium batteries was produced by the Switzerland Sect
 ion and won the third prize of the IEEE Milestone Showcase Contest organiz
 ed by IEEE Day.</p>\n<p>On Tuesday October 1\, 2019\, 11:30 am the joint c
 elebration started by beautiful weather in the salons of 18th century Vill
 a del Grumello\, with a welcome speech by Prof.Giulio Casati\, Fondazione 
 Volta and Universit&agrave\; dell'Insubria.This was followed by a joint me
 eting of Italy and Switzerland LMAG members\, led by LMAG's Chairs Prof. A
 ntonio Savini of Universit&agrave\; di Pavia and by Hugo Wyss\, where the 
 attending LMs presented themselves. At 1 pm a short standing lunch was ser
 ved to the attendees\, who could stroll outside in the Villa's garden over
 looking the lake.<br />At 2pm the meetings resumed\, led by Section's Chai
 rs Prof. Bernardo Tellini and Dr.Maria-Alexandra Paun\, with a first sessi
 on dedicated to the presentation of 2 innovative projects involving use of
  batteries\, and a second session dedicated to presentation of activities 
 of Student Branches in the two Sections and ways of achieving cross border
  cooperation in the Italian speaking region of Switzerland\, where the Uni
 versity USI and the University of Applied Sciences SUPSI are located.Final
 ly a general discussion closed the meeting\, followed by a group picture a
 nd a farewell cocktail served in the gardens of the Villa at 5:30pm.</p>\n
 <p>Total attendance was 27 IEEE members and 4 guests from Fondazione Aless
 andro Volta. A more complete report with pictures and video recordings\, i
 ncluding the prize winning videoclip will be published on the Sections web
 sites\, courtesy of Marco Giardina\, PR activities Switzerland.</p>\n<p>A 
 follow-up joint meeting is planned to be held on March 31\,2020 in Lugano 
 at the Swiss Scientific Computing Center.</p>
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